The photography thread

[Storm]

sensible move indeed...great pics!

[tbtstt]

Slightly belated, but a handful of shots from last weekends opening BTCC round...

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8775/16947988079_bc52298672_b.jpg

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8820/16948017079_308f02f9dd_b.jpg

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https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8752/16511800524_7b99c7c166_b.jpg

...will upload a few British Rallycross photos tonight.

[steveaki13]

Great Pics. Love the one of the spinner amongst the pack.

[tbtstt]

Great Pics. Love the one of the spinner amongst the pack.
Cheers! Didn't get that many decent shots to be honest (not many places on the Brands Hatch Indy circuit where there aren't high fences now), but I quite like that one.

Uploaded some British Rallycross photos last night as well, few of my faves:

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8751/17135819012_5bb17417c9_b.jpg

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[MrJan]

Love the picture of Flaherty, how low was the shutter speed to get that one?

[tbtstt]

Love the picture of Flaherty, how low was the shutter speed to get that one?
1/80. It's not quite as sharp as I'd like, but I still like that shot!

[tbtstt]

Popped down to Canada Heights last weekend for the third round of the British Motocross Championship. Took a few shots while I was there, few of my faves...

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8865/17419285922_57199c52ef_b.jpg

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8746/17233962218_ebcbf5281c_b.jpg

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...Blancpain at Brands Hatch this weekend, cannot wait!

[steveaki13]

Great shots.

I was reading about Blancpain somewhere and I know someone who is going.

Never been myself but sounds like a good event. Maybe next season

[tbtstt]

Great shots.

I was reading about Blancpain somewhere and I know someone who is going.

Never been myself but sounds like a good event. Maybe next season
I missed Blancpain last year (as it clashed with motocross), but they are on different weekends this year which is brilliant.

I have a lot of love for most of the current crop of GT3 cars, I expect them to sound good out on the Brands GP circuit.

[Storm]

Nice pics, especially the first! reminds of that WRC theme/montage

[tbtstt]

Blancpain was excellent. Was only 20 cars entered, but there wasn't a bad car on the grid. Handful of snaps...

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The Z4 was the car I was most looking froward to seeing. I hate the road car, but the race car looks great...

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5328/17682482871_a0559e52fd_b.jpg

...and the noise coming out the back of it was immense!

[tbtstt]

May was a busy month! The weekend after Blancpain I went to Belgium for the third round of the World Rallycross Championship...

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7738/17531843484_ba0ef5c770_b.jpg

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...was at Lydden for the fourth round of the World Rallycross Championship the weekend after that...

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/524/18483261715_2cfce41fa7_b.jpg

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/315/17857292274_70f0e8e458_b.jpg

...and I rounded the month off with some speedway.

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8851/18330390108_79039d3110_b.jpg

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/367/18491779906_035ce8c6c2_b.jpg

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[schmenke]

Awesome pics tbtstt!

[tbtstt]

Awesome pics tbtstt!
Cheers!

Went to American Speedfest at Brands Hatch last weekend.

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/537/18586043390_a4002f3ce6_b.jpg

Loads of cool cars on show and lots of racing on track, including Euro NASCAR, some classic cars and...

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...Formula 5000 cars. It was worth the price of admission just to see these: they sounded so good!

[steveaki13]

So I was at the Silverstone classic over the weekend. It was absolutely great. Plenty of pics. I will post some here. Few at a time.

Starting with Pre War sports Cars

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Below is a beautiful 1926 Bentley

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Below a 1933 Aston Martin Le Man
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[steveaki13]

Pre War continued

1923 Bentley which personally is one of my favourites.

https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xaf1/v/t1.0-9/11813486_1055048894506071_8628200840942505401_n.jp g?oh=962253eb373803c244b0bf2957f845a1&oe=565B38AD

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Cockpit of a Frazer Nash car

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The car itself

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More tomorrow. Of some 60s F1 cars

[Storm]

lovely photos as said elsewhere....ah I wish I was closer to such action!

[gadjo_dilo]

Cool pix Steve.
But no pix of the Quo. :angryfire:

[pino]

Yes great shots Steve !!!

[tbtstt]

Great shots steveaki13!

[steveaki13]

Right next batch.

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[steveaki13]

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One of Jim Clarks cars
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Dont imagine you get to do this in modern F1 garages

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[tbtstt]

One of Jim Clarks cars
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Now that is a proper racing car!

I went to the Goodwood Festival of Speed last month. I was only there for a day this year and there is a lot to see, so I didn't really use the camera much. Managed to catch a couple of cars on the Forest Rally Stage...

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/392/19222339040_a697851601_b.jpg

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/332/19414106841_1a85624130_b.jpg

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...and Kris Meeke smoking his way up the hillclimb.

Gave the British Superbike Championship at Brands Hatch a look the weekend before last. I only watch Superbikes once or twice a year and I always forget how stupidly quick they are. I personally find them the hardest thing to shoot on track, so I always struggle with pictures.

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3711/19443253153_28f890f23f_b.jpg

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British GT Championship at Brands Hatch this weekend. Cannot wait to see (and hear) the Z4 GT3's again!

[steveaki13]

1983 Benetton
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[steveaki13]

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[steveaki13]

Some more modern cars

Senna's Toleman

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A 1994 Jordan originally driven by Rubens. However its done out in a business livery rather than an original.

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2002 Jordan

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Schumi's 1992 Benetton

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[steveaki13]

2001 BAR Honda

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1993 Benetton

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1989 Lotus

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Hows this for a car park lol

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[tbtstt]

Few photos from the British GT Championship at Brands Hatch:

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Fantastic race, with a great battle for the GT3 lead in the last half an hour of the race. Still can't believe they are replacing the Z4 GT3's at the end of the year, they look and sound too good to change!

[tbtstt]

Last Friday I was fortunate enough to get an invitation to the 6R4.net Track Day at Curborough. Very cool to be able to see Group B cars in such a relaxed atmosphere.

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Managed to blag a passenger ride in Gary Hewitt's 6R4 and also this...

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/761/20284772293_ce604832d2_b.jpg

...it was only a few laps, but I'm still buzzing from it now!

[steveaki13]

That looks great fun. Nice photo's as usual too.

[tbtstt]

That looks great fun. Nice photo's as usual too.
The passenger rides were quite an experience. I have long lusted after an RS200, the ride has really cemented my love for the car!

Done a few rallycross trips in the last month. Went to Lydden at the end of August for the British Championship round, where it rained a lot:

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https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/745/20670564613_5ff8c59dc1_b.jpg

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Then did the long drive to Southern France the weekend after for the World Rallycross round at Loheac:

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/714/20901209284_3a22dfefc3_b.jpg

https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5774/21335928460_50eb558d49_b.jpg

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https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5718/21336169678_03251a73be_b.jpg

Thankfully the weather was much more pleasant in France!

[tbtstt]

Decided to try something different last weekend; I gave sidecarcross and quad bike racing a look...

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/677/21535977234_f65afe7470_b.jpg

https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5707/21970792618_5900b8cb83_b.jpg

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/655/22158693275_7ff3fdb70d_b.jpg

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https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/605/22146289822_2e17be12fb_b.jpg

...some seriously impressive riding - and a serious lack of self preservation from the sidecar passengers!

[tbtstt]

Not sure if anyone is interested, but a few of my fave photos from 2015 (and a few words) here:

http://fueltopia.co.uk/profiles/blog/rear-view-mirror-2015

[Storm]

Great stuff tbtstt as usual

[tbtstt]

Great stuff tbtstt as usual
Cheers Storm!